IDL - International Digital Library Of Management & Research Volume 1, Issue 5, May 2017
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International e-Journal For Management And Research-2017
Emotional Intelligence: A Pathway to Successful Career K.A.Apoorva, Senior Faculty – IT, Jain University, Bangalore. ABSTRACT: Wayne Payne first contributed the use of term “Emotional Intelligence” in 1985. Since then emotional intelligence is ruling the corporate, non- profit organizations and educational arenas as well. It is the emotional intelligence that drives an individual to succeed in life as well as lead others in positive manner. Emotional Intelligence builds good rapport with the people and decides the level of one’s attitude and altitude. This article describes about how to balance with one’s own emotions to succeed in a workplace. INTRODUCTION: Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. It can be divided into ability EI and trait EI. Ability EI is usually measured using maximum performance tests and has stronger relationships with traditional intelligence, whereas trait EI is usually measured using self-report questionnaires and has stronger relationships with personality [2]. IDL - International Digital Library
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Emotional intelligence (EI) is the area of cognitive ability involving traits and social skills that facilitate interpersonal behavior. Intelligence can be broadly defined as the capacity for goal-oriented adaptive behavior; emotional intelligence focuses on the aspects of intelligence that govern self-knowledge and social adaptation. Emotional intelligence is the ability to observe, access and manage emotions. This plays a vital part on how we deal with others. To know more on what is emotional intelligence, we’ll tackle its four branches that include perceiving emotions, reasoning with emotions, understanding emotions and managing emotions. Perceiving emotions means correctly identifying one’s feelings or emotions. One need to be observant and sensitive on one’s facial expression and body language as these can tell us what the other person feels without him saying a word. Not all people have this ability. There are some who are unable to understand nonverbal signs that may show one’s feelings. Having the ability to identify emotions is one of the factors in emotional intelligence. Reasoning with emotions means determining if one need to react on the other Copyright@IDL-2017